Former Poets Laureate

George Bowering, 2002-2004

George Bowering is one of the country's most respected and beloved authors. In his remarkable career, he
has written more than 60 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, winning the Governor-General's Award twice.

Attended Victoria College (Victoria, B.C.), University of British Columbia, and University of Western Ontario. M.A. from UBC in 1963.

Royal Canadian Air Force photographer, 1954-57.

Writer in Residence, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68. Stopped PhD studies at UWO to take that position.

Teaching: University of Calgary, 1963-66; Sir George Williams University (now Concordia Univ.), 1968-71; Simon Fraser University, 1972-2001 . Short terms at various colleges and universities in Canada and the U.S., as well as Rome, Berlin and Aarhus.